Sonitpur

Sonitpur District
State	Assam
Administrative headquarters :	Tezpur
Area :	5204 km²
Residents :	1,924,110 (2011)
Population density :	370 people / km²
Website :	www.sonitpur.gov.in

Sonitpur is a district in the center of the Indian state of Assam .

The area is 5204 km². The administrative seat is the city of Tezpur .

history

The district was established in 1983. In 2015 Biswanath was separated and became a separate district, which reduced the area and population.

population

The population was 1,924,110 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 24.44%, which is high. Sonitpur has a gender ratio of 956 women per 1000 men and thus a common surplus of men for India. In 2011 the district had a literacy rate of 67.34%, an increase of almost 8 percentage points compared to 2001. The literacy rate is thus below the national average. Almost 74.0% of the population are Muslims , approx. 18.2% are Hindus , approx. 7.2% are Christians , approx. 0.3% are Buddhists , approx. 0.1% each are Jainas and Sikhs and approx 0.3% stated no religious affiliation or practiced other religions. 14.4% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

Almost 9.0% of the population live in cities.

economy

Agriculture is the predominant economy in Sonitpur.

Web links

Commons : Sonitpur District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .